Arsenal begins playing a new, more continental style of football. Nick Hornby finds this disconcerting, but it seems to work since Arsenal begins winning. Nick recently met his stepmother and two half-siblings, and is unsure of his family situation. His stepmother comes to a football game in England, and Nick feels as if his realities are joining. Arsenal wins that game by a large margin, and Nick feels as if the world has gone mad. However, Arsenal soon loses and returns to their old ways...